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expedition has been successful in locating any such sea serpent, even with the use of 600 sonar beams and sophisticated satellites. • “Ye’ll take the high road, and I’ll take the low road” are lyrics from a wellknown Scottish tune published around 1841. The singer and his true love will never meet again on the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond, the largest lake in Great Britain, which contains more than 30 islands. The “low road” refers to the Celtic belief that a person dying away from his homeland would be provided a route home by fairies. • The state of Minnesota may be known as “The Land of 10,000 Lakes,” but that figure isn’t the real number. According to the state’s Department of Natural Resources, the actual count is 11,842 lakes measuring at or larger than ten acres each. There are only four counties that don’t have at least one natural lake. The state’s shoreline from lakes and rivers is more than that of California, Florida and Hawaii combined. • Switzerland’s Lake Geneva was the inspiration for the British rock band Deep Purple’s megahit “Smoke on the Water” in 1972. The band was set to record “Machine Head” in a Montreux, Switzerland, casino in December of 1971 on the morning after a Frank Zappa concert there. During Zappa’s performance, a spectator fired a flare gun at the ceiling and started a fire that completely destroyed the casino. Deep Purple members watched the smoke spreading over the Lake from their hotel window. The song, No. 426 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time,” has opening lyrics of “We all came out to Montreux, on the Lake Geneva shoreline.” The line “Swiss time was running out” referred to the fact that their visas were due to expire shortly. A portion of Lake Geneva lies in France, where it is called Lake Léman. • Why is the Great Salt Lake in Utah salty? It’s because it is an endorheic lake, meaning it doesn’t have an outlet. Tributary rivers continually transport small amounts of salt mixed in their fresh water into the Lake. When large quantities of that water evaporate, the salt remains, leaving the Lake far saltier than even seawater. At approximately 75 miles (120 km) long and 35 miles (56 km) wide, it’s the 37th largest lake on Earth. Mountain man Jim Bridger and French-Canadian fur trader Etienne Provost were the first Europeans to see the Lake, in separate sightings in 1824.

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Folkestone. He had been training about 35 hours per week for the previous two years off France’s Atlantic coast. He was equipped with specially designed prostheses fitted with flippers that fixed onto the stumps of his legs that he used to propel himself, and a snorkel for breathing. According to his calculations, he was prepared for his crossing to take up to 24 hours. • As Croizon paddled along, he was joined by three dolphins that swam with him for a time, something he interpreted as a good luck charm. At approximately 9:30 that evening, he touched the bank at Wissant, France, just 13 and a half hours after leaving England. A quadruple amputee had beaten Gertrude Ederle’s time! A portion of his victory speech stated, “I’ve done this for myself, for my family, and for all those who have suffered tragedy and lost their taste for life.” • Croizon has documented his experiences in a recent autobiography “J’ai Decide de Vivre (I Decided to Live).” His record-making swim wasn’t the first time he’s been in the news. In 2007, this remarkable man achieved recognition for parachuting from an airplane.

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By Samantha Mazzotta Q: I was in the stainless-steel business for many years and thought I would comment on your recent column regarding cleaning a stained sink. Stainless steel is indeed an alloy of iron, chromium and nickel. (Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, not copper and bronze. Bronze is itself an alloy of copper and tin.) The oxidation layer of chromium is what protects the metal from staining. However, when it is scratched or worn away by abrasion, a new layer is instantaneously formed because chromium reacts immediately with the oxygen in the atmosphere. The layer is always present. It is clear, extremely hard and more or less impervious. Otherwise, the iron would oxidize, forming rust. Any popular kitchen cleanser will remove stains. However, to return to the factory polish finish is generally impossible because the sheets used to form sinks are polished at the mill with high-speed heavy machinery. It would be nearly impossible to duplicate this finish by hand. -- Joe F., via e-mail

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“Dream a little dream of me” goes the old song. This week, Tidbits delves into the world of dreams — what we know and what we don’t know! • You’ll spend about six years dreaming over the course of your life (about two hours a night). Although some dreams seem to go on and on all night, they typically last only five to 20 minutes. • What is the purpose of dreams? A physician might say that they are a response to the body’s neural processes that take place during sleep. A psychologist might see them as a reflection of what goes on in the subconscious. (Freud felt that bad dreams were the brain’s way of controlling the emotions from life’s disturbing experiences.) A spiritual person might see dreams as a message from the gods or from a deceased loved one. Some oneirologists (scientists who study dreams) think that dreams are a way of securing experiences in our long-term memory. • Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep is that stage of sleep when the large muscles of the body become immobile, heart and breathing rates become faster, and brain activity increases. Characterized by the rapid movement of the eyes, it is at this stage when people dream. REM sleep is usually about 25 percent of an adult’s total sleep, about two hours a night, but it is divided into four or five periods. It usually begins about 90 minutes after falling asleep. Although people do dream during non-REM sleep, the most bizarre and vividly recalled dreams are during REM. • Those people who snore only do so during nonREM sleep. About 10 percent of them have sleep apnea, which causes them to stop

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HIBERNATION (Continued From Pg. 9) • Non-breeding polar bear females and males don’t hibernate or den. Pregnant polar bears hibernate in dens built in snow banks while preparing for their cubs to arrive. The cubs weigh about a pound (.45 kg) when born and 20-30 pounds (9-14 kg) when they come out of the dens in March or April. Polar bears are found in Arctic areas of Canada, Alaska, Russia, Greenland and Norway.

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Water, water everywhere! About 71 percent of the earth’s surface is covered by water. This week, Tidbits dips its toe in just a few of the world’s bodies of water. • Situated on the border between the United States and Canada and covering a total surface of 80,545 square miles (208,610 square km), the group of five Great Lakes holds more than 20 percent of the world’s surface fresh water. That’s enough water to cover the U.S. 48-state mainland to a depth of 9.5 feet (2.9 m). If you can’t remember their names, you can use the acronym HOMES, which puts the lakes in no particular order — Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior. If you want to name them from west to east, use the phrase: She Made Harry Eat Onions. • The largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area is Lake Superior, stretching 350 miles (563 km) long by 160 miles (257 km) wide. In some places, it reaches a depth of 1,333 feet (406 m). The Ojibwe tribe has lived around Lake Superior for over 500 years and calls it “Gitche Gumee,â€? translating to “big water.â€? Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote of the lake in his 1855 poem “The Song of Hiawatha.â€?

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